Salesbook and holder



April 12,1938.

NELS NELSON GROCERIES AND MEATS |72 ARCH sr.

cum,ohio; 193

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H. W. CLARK SALESBOOK AND HOLDER Filed March 26, 1957 '2 Sheets-Sheet lgmc/wto'n Hamid WWW l1 WW I April 1935 H. w. CLARK- 2,1133? SALESBOOKAND HOLDER I Filed March 26, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 .NELS NELSON 2WGROCERIES AND MEATS I72 ARCH 5T- Cunfon,0hio 193. I

Patented Apr. 12, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFHCE SALE SBOOK AND HOLDERcorporation of Ohio Application March 26,

9 Claims.

The invention relates to manifold salesbooks and holders thereforand'more particularly to a salesbook and holder adapted to be used as aportable autographic register such as'disclosed in my prior Patent No.1,913,190, granted June 6, 1933.

The purpose of such devices generally is to combine the advantages ofthe two methods now commonly used for writing plural copies of salesslips when a purchase is made, namely the manifold salesbook and theautographic registen.

The manifold salesbook, which is the older of the two devices forwriting plural copies of sales slips, has the advantage of being easilyportable, light in weight and inexpensive in construction, although itis more or less unhandy to use and not entirely satisfactory for makingsharp clear copies.

The autographic register, although comparatively expensive and notreadily portable, like the salesbook, because of its size and'weight, iseasily operated and is provided with a writing table or bed whichpermits the making of sharp clear copies of the sales slips.

The combined advantages of these two devices are generally attained inmy prior patent above referred to and the present invention is animprovement upon such devices which provides for more easily and readilyinserting the salesbook into the holder and for greater ease andrapidity of operation.

An object of the present improvement is to provide a salesbook andholder therefor with cooperating means for causing the salesbook to belocked against accidental displacement as it is inserted into theholder.

Another object is to provide a salesbook and holder therefor soconstructed that the salesbook is pivotally connected to the holder insuch a manner that by a slight tilting of the holder the salesbook willby gravity swing out to one side so that the uppermost set of salesslips or leaves in the book may be quickly and easily placed over thewriting table of the holder and by tilting the holder in the oppositedirection the salesbook will slide back into normal position with theupper set of slips thereof properly positioned over the writing bed.

A further object is to provide means for limiting the movement of thesalesbook relative to the holder in each direction.

Another object is to provide means whereby the uppermost set of salesslips may be quickly and easily severed from the book, along the usual1937, Serial No. 133,152

perforated or weakened line, by a downward pressure-upon the upper endof the salesbook.

The above and other objects may be attained by providing a holder havinga compartment open at two adjoining sides and a plate pivotally mountedwithin the compartment and adapted to swing outward through one of theopen sides; there being cooperating means upon the plate and thesalesbook for attaching one end portion ofthe salesbook to the plate,the other end portion of the salesbook extending through the other openside of the compartment, means being provided for limiting the movementof the plate in each direction relative to the holder.

An embodiment of the invention thus set forth in general terms isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aperspective View of the improved holder with the salesbook mountedtherein;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the holder with the salesbook in writingposition therein;

Fig. 3, a top plan view of the holder with the salesbook swung outwardthrough one open side thereof preparatory to placing the uppermost setof sales slips over the writing table of the holder;

Fig. 4 is a plan sectional View of the holder with the salesbookremoved, showing the pivoted plate therein;

Fig. 5, a plan view of the improved salesbook with the lower portion ofthe leaves or sales slips turned back to disclose the slot in the backof the salesbook;

Fig. 6, a longitudinal sectional view through the holder showing themanner in which the salesbook is locked to the pivoted plate;

Fig. '7, a side elevation of the holder and salesbook showing the mannerin which the uppermost set of sales slips may be quickly sheared fromthe salesbook by downward pressure upon the upper end of the salesbook;and

Fig. 8, a transverse sectional view through the holder and salesbook,taken as on the line 8-8, Fig. 6.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings. 5

The improved salesbook holder to which the invention pertains may beformed of any suitable material, preferably being molded from a plasticmaterial such as bakelite or the like. This holder may comprisegenerally a topwall forming a writing table or bed Ill and a bottom wallH preferably of slightly greater length than the top wall, asillustrated in the drawings, providing a compartment I2 adapted tonormally house a salesbook as will be later described.

The writing table and bottom wall may be joined along one side and oneedge as by the side wall l3 and end wall M respectively, the other sideand end of the compartment being open as indicated at l5 and 16respectively.

The book holding plate I! may be of sheet metal or other suitablematerial and is located within the closed end portion of thecompartment, being pivoted preferably at one corner of the plate, asindicated at l8, adjacent to the open side of the compartment.

For the purpose of limiting the movement of the plate I! in eachdirection, relative to the holder, an arcuate slot 19, having its centerat the pivot point I8, is formed in the plate I l and receives a stud 20carried by the bottom wall ll of the holder.

An elongated transversely disposed tongue 2| may be struck upwardly fromthe plate near its inner end, which is turned upward as at 22, formingan angular stop flange. The side edges of the plate may be folded back,forming the flanges 23 producing guide grooves to receive the side edgesoi the back 24 of the salesbook which may be provided near its free endwith a transversely disposed elongated slot 25 adapted to receive thelocking tongue 2! of the plate when the side edges of the back areinserted beneath the flanges 23 of the plate.

A plurality of sets of sales slips 2% may be connected to the oppositeend portion of the back 24 of the salesbook in usual and well knownmanner, these sales slips being weakened as by a perforated line 28adapted to substantially register with the free end edge 29 of thewriting table 10 of the holder, when the salesbook is in normal positionin the holder as best shown in Figs. 2, 6 and '7.

To insert the salesbook in the holder and lock it against accidentaldisplacement therein, it is only necessary to insert the free end of thesalesbook through an open side of the holder, sliding the free endportion of the back 24 over the plate H and under the side flanges 23thereof and as the aperture 25 in the back registers with the tongue 2!of the plate, it will receive the tongue therein, as best shown in Figs.6 and 8 and further movement of the salesbook will be prevented bycontact of the end thereof with the end flange 22 of the plate. Thesalesbook is thus locked to the plate and cannot be accidentallydisconnected therefrom.

In the normal position of the device, the salesbook is located withinthe holder as best shown in Figs. 1 and 6. In using the device a slighttilting of the holder toward the open side I 6 will permit the salesbookto slide outward through said open side to the position shown in Fig. 3.The position to which the pivoted plate I! swings on this movement isclearly shown in Fig. 4, the stud 20 and arcuate slot l9 cooperating tolimit the outward movement of the plate and salesbook.

It should be of course understood that when the plate and salesbook areswung inward to the normal position, the other end of the arcuate slotl9 contacting with the stud 20 limits the movement of the salesbook andplate in this direction also.

As the salesbook swings to the position shown in Fig. 3, the operatormay with his thumb slide the uppermost set of sales slips over the topof the writing table n and a slight tilting of the holder in theopposite direction will permit the salesbook to slide back to theposition best shown in Fig. 2 with the uppermost set of sales slips 26properly positioned upon the writing table as shown in Fig. 2;

It has been found in practice that the movement of the salesbook andholder from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 3 andthen to that shown in Fig. 2 may be quickly and easily accomplished in asingle rapid operation.

After the writing has been made upon the sales slip, it is onlynecessary to press downward upon the outer end of the salesbook as shownin Fig. 7, to sever the uppermost set of sales slips from the salesbookalong the perforated or scored line 28, the outer end edge 29 of thewriting table registering with said weakened line of the sales slips andcausing the slips to be quickly and easily severed at this point.

When all of the sales slips in the book have been used, the book may bequickly and easily removed by an outward pull upon the cover which willtear out the inner end of the same beyond the aperture 25, permittingthe empty cover to be removed. A new salesbook may then be inserted inthe manner above described.

I claim:

1. In combination with a salesbook, a holder provided with a writingtable and having a compartment beneath said writing table open at twoadjoining sides, the salesbook being pivotally mounted in saidcompartment for swinging movement outward through said open sides of theholder and back to original position whereby leaves of the salesbook maybe positioned above said writing table.

2; In combination with a salesbook, a holder provided with a writingtable and having a compartment beneath said writing table open at twoadjoining sides, the salesbook being pivotally mounted in saidcompartment for swinging movement outward through said open sides of theholder and. back to original position whereby leaves of the salesbookmay be positioned above said writing table, and means for limiting theoutward movement of the salesbook.

3. In combination with a salesbook, a holder provided with a writingtable and having a compartment beneath said writing table open at twoadjoining sides, a plate pivotally mounted in said compartment, thesalesbook being connected to said plate so as to swing outward throughsaid open sides of the holder and back to original position wherebyleaves of the salesbook may be positioned above said writing table.

4. In combination with a salesbook, a holder provided with a. writingtable and having a compartment beneath said writing table open at twoadjoining sides, a plate pivotally mounted in said compartment, thesalesbook being connected to said plate so as to swing outward throughsaid open sides of the holder and back to original position wherebyleaves of the salesbook may be positioned above said writing table, andcooperating means between the salesbook and plate for preventingdisconnection of the book intact from the plate.

5. In combination with a salesbook, a holder provided with a writingtable and having a compartment beneath said writing table open at twoadjoining sides, a plate pivotally mounted in said compartment, thesalesbook being connected to said plate so as to swing outward throughsaid open sides of the holder and back to original position wherebyleaves of the salesbook may be positioned above said writing table, atongue upon said plate, the salesbook having a back provided with anaperture toreceive said tongue.

6. In combination with a salesbook, a holder provided with a writingtable and having a compartment beneath said writing table open at twoadjoining sides, a plate pivotally mounted in said compartment, thesalesbook being connected to said plate so as to swing outward throughsaid open sides of the holder and back to original position wherebyleaves of the salesbook may be positioned above said writing table, andmeans for limiting the outward movement of the plate.

7. In combination with a salesbook, a holder provided with a writingtable and having a compartment beneath said writing table open at twoadjoining sides, a plate pivotally mounted in said compartment to swingout through one of said open sides, the salesbook having a back providedwith an aperture, guide grooves formed at the side edges of the plate toreceive the edge portions of the back, and a tongue upon the plateadapted to be received in said aperture, so that the salesbook may beswung outward through said open sides of the holder and back to originalposition whereby leaves of the salesbook may be positioned above saidwriting table.

8. In combination with a salesbook, a holder provided with a writingtable and having a compartment beneath said writing table open at twoadjoining sides, a plate pivotally mounted in said compartment to swingout through one of said open sides, the salesboo-k having a backprovided with a transversely disposed, elongated aperture, guide groovesformed at the side edges of the plate to receive the edge portions ofthe back, and a transversely disposed, elongated tongue upon the plateadapted to be received in said aperture, so that the salesbook may beswung outward through said open sides of the holder and back to originalposition whereby leaves of the salesbook may be positioned above saidwriting table. 7

9, In combination with a salesbook, a holder provided with a writingtable and having a compartment beneath said writing table open at twoadjoining sides, a plate pivotally mounted in said compartment, to swingoutward through one of said open sides, said plate having an arouateslot therein, a stud in the holder received in said arcuate slot forlimiting the movement of the plate, the salesbook being connected tosaid plate so as to swing outward through said open sides of the holderand back to original position whereby leaves of the salesbook may bepositioned above said writing table.

HAROLD W. CLARK.

